F-Secure Virus Descriptions : MyDoom.AI
[Summary] | [Detailed Description] | [Detection]
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THIS VIRUS IS RANKED AS LEVEL 2 ALERT UNDER F-SECURE RADAR.
Radar Alert LEVEL 2
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A new variant of MyDoom worm was found on January 15th, 2005.
This variant sends variable emails with EXE/SCR/PIF/ZIP attachments. Some mails
contain sexually excplicit images and claim that the attachment contains
passwords for adult websites.
The body text of infected e-mails varies...for example:
The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.
Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment
This variant is detected as 'I-Worm.Mydoom.AE' since the following FSAV updates:
[FSAV_Database_Version]
Version=2005-01-16_01
Write-Up:
Mikko Hypponen, January 16th, 2005
F-Secure Corporation
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